Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 484 420 423
Rank change year-on-year -64 +3 +218
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 59 69 141
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.18% 0.26% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.72% 2.01% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 44 82
10th Percentile £406 £268 £183
25th Percentile - £402 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £433
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +27.17% +1.76%
75th Percentile £528 £578 £539
90th Percentile £588 £675 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £433
% change year-on-year - +15.61% -3.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 13
10th Percentile £21.20 - -
25th Percentile £28.63 - £24.00
Median hourly rate £42.00 - £25.00
75th Percentile £55.13 - £30.00
90th Percentile £62.40 - £63.20
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £38.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +10.53% +38.18% +25.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,430 3,431 5,414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.43% 12.95% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,242 1,970 3,277
10th Percentile £204 £218 £205
25th Percentile £355 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +2.56% -7.14%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £676 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £493
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.42% -4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 106 380
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.11 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.41 £22.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -30.00% +140.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.00 £75.71
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £33.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year -11.11% -32.50% +141.49%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 1 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -7 28 £500 -4.76% 4
London -54 12 £525 -4.55% 4
South West -19 9 £531 -3.41% 5
North of England -64 5 £494 +21.09% 2
North West -24 4 £575 +53.33% 1
East of England - 4 £275 -
Yorkshire -59 1 £413 +0.24% 1
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.69%) Confluence
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.69%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.17%) Azure
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.39%) AWS
3 2 (3.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (3.39%) GCP
3 2 (3.39%) OCI
4 1 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (1.69%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.69%) IaaS
4 1 (1.69%) Nutanix
4 1 (1.69%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.69%) PaaS
4 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (47.46%) Junos
2 23 (38.98%) Cisco Firepower
3 22 (37.29%) Cisco ISE
4 21 (35.59%) Firewall
5 20 (33.90%) BGP
6 18 (30.51%) VPN
7 16 (27.12%) WAN
8 15 (25.42%) LAN
8 15 (25.42%) NX-OS
9 14 (23.73%) Network Security
10 11 (18.64%) MPLS
11 10 (16.95%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (16.95%) SD-WAN
12 9 (15.25%) Cisco Nexus
12 9 (15.25%) OSPF
12 9 (15.25%) TACACS
13 6 (10.17%) IPsec
13 6 (10.17%) Spanning Tree
14 5 (8.47%) Ethernet
14 5 (8.47%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.69%) Git
General
1 18 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.25%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.47%) Finance
4 3 (5.08%) Financial Institution
4 3 (5.08%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.39%) Military
5 2 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.39%) Publishing
6 1 (1.69%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 42 (71.19%) Network Engineer
2 23 (38.98%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 21 (35.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 21 (35.59%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 21 (35.59%) Cloud Engineer
3 21 (35.59%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 16 (27.12%) Network Support
4 16 (27.12%) Support Engineer
5 15 (25.42%) 3rd Line Support
5 15 (25.42%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 15 (25.42%) Network Support Engineer
6 7 (11.86%) Senior
7 6 (10.17%) Security Engineer
7 6 (10.17%) Senior Network Engineer
8 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (8.47%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 3 (5.08%) Design Engineer
10 3 (5.08%) IT Support
10 3 (5.08%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.47%) LDAP
2 3 (5.08%) 802.1X
3 2 (3.39%) XMPP
4 1 (1.69%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.69%) Jinja
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.95%) PKI
2 6 (10.17%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.08%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.39%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (3.39%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.69%) BYOD
5 1 (1.69%) EMC VMAX
5 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 24 (40.68%) Windows
2 21 (35.59%) Windows Server
3 8 (13.56%) Linux
4 5 (8.47%) Ubuntu
5 4 (6.78%) Android
6 1 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.69%) VMS
6 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (40.68%) ITSM
2 18 (30.51%) Service Management
3 8 (13.56%) Change Management
3 8 (13.56%) Network Design
4 7 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (10.17%) Network Virtualisation
6 5 (8.47%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (8.47%) Project Management
7 4 (6.78%) Agile
7 4 (6.78%) Migration
8 3 (5.08%) Break/Fix
8 3 (5.08%) ITIL
8 3 (5.08%) Load Balancing
8 3 (5.08%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (5.08%) Performance Management
8 3 (5.08%) Problem Management
8 3 (5.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (5.08%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.34%) Python
2 3 (5.08%) Bash
2 3 (5.08%) PHP
3 2 (3.39%) Perl
4 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 39 (66.10%) Security Cleared
2 29 (49.15%) DV Cleared
3 12 (20.34%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (18.64%) CCNP
4 11 (18.64%) SC Cleared
5 4 (6.78%) CCIE
5 4 (6.78%) CCNA
5 4 (6.78%) Degree
5 4 (6.78%) JNCIS
6 3 (5.08%) APMG
6 3 (5.08%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (5.08%) GIAC
6 3 (5.08%) GSEC
6 3 (5.08%) SSCP
7 2 (3.39%) CCDP
8 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.69%) CCSA
8 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (8.47%) NIST
1 5 (8.47%) SLA
2 3 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.69%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 23 (38.98%) VMware NSX
2 18 (30.51%) Active Directory
3 8 (13.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (10.17%) Firmware
5 5 (8.47%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (45.76%) vCenter Server
2 4 (6.78%) Ansible
2 4 (6.78%) FortiGate
3 3 (5.08%) SCOM
4 2 (3.39%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) Cisco
2 28 (47.46%) Juniper
3 25 (42.37%) SolarWinds
4 10 (16.95%) Meraki
4 10 (16.95%) VMware
5 8 (13.56%) Palo Alto
6 5 (8.47%) Broadcom
6 5 (8.47%) F5
6 5 (8.47%) Microsoft
7 3 (5.08%) Fortinet
8 2 (3.39%) Ciena
8 2 (3.39%) Genesys
8 2 (3.39%) Zscaler
9 1 (1.69%) Arista
9 1 (1.69%) EMC